What Energy Do You Bring?

Why is the energy that you bring into a room so significant? It’s because it’s your identifier. I didn’t understand that until I was smartly redesigned to a development opportunity at work last month. My manager looked at me, smiled and in summation said, “I moved you to this group because there’s a difficult task ahead and we felt like, since everyone loves working with you, you’d be able to handle it and cheer the people up that are already in this group.”

The humans in my department call me “smiley.” At 38 years old, I am still a kid at heart. I sing. I dance. I am random. I giggle, but if something is really funny, I snort. I ask lots of questions. I make faces. I laugh out loud. I am up beat. I am optimistic. I am loving. I am caring. I am compassionate. I let my light shine so that everyone can see the God in me. All of this is who I am, but I am not limited to these things. These things are my personality. They are my energy.

So, when I attended a meeting earlier this week, I was stuck in a social tragedy, and appeared distracted and withdrawn. I felt like this meeting went on forever. No sooner than the last Excel cell was filled in and the meeting concluded, the 13 people in the room shifted their attention to me and asked, “what was wrong?” I was totally thrown off and responded, “Nothing at all, I am fine.” In unison, they retorted, “You are not!” See, my energy was off. I didn’t make a peep or crack a smile. My off energy or lack there of, threw off the energy in the room, thus making this meeting painful for more than just me.

I said all of that to say this, your energy precedes you. We spend so much of our time at work and we want employment enjoyment. It can be hard to read the energy in the room sometimes, and though it’s important to do that you should also bring your own energy. And the positive kind. I like to think of my energy as a cool breeze on a warm summer day that makes you tilt your chin upwards, smile, take a deep breath and pause while fostering a spirit of excellence, cohesiveness, inclusion, positivity and being results driven. This way, when you aren’t in the room, your energy will speak for you.

When your energy is good, people remember you. Your name comes up. Your name will be in rooms that your feet haven’t even touched yet. Allowing the God energy, the positive energy to shine through comes in handy when it’s time to elevate you. Remember this: David had good energy. He was either sent to or sent for as he elevated to king. Be mindful of your energy.